A Tribute to the Uptmor Family of Teutopolis
Of the ten children in the Uptmor family of Teutopolis, IL, seven attended Eastern
Illinois University and four obtained degrees in chemistry. They are:
Robert (Bob) Uptmor ’75 majored in chemistry and zoology. He received his M.D.
from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1979. He was Director of
Emergency Medicine Services at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, until 2000 and
presently is an assistant professor at Wright State University School of Medicine and
practices emergency medicine at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio.
Michael (Mike) Uptmor ’77 graduated with a B.S. degree in chemistry. After spending
five years as an analytical chemist at IMC Global, he joined the DuPont Company as a
technical sales representative for the Instrument Division. Today he is Director of
International Operations for TA Instruments (formerly DuPont Instruments) in New
Castle, DE. His wife, Jean Walton, also graduated from EIU.
Ann (Uptmor) Nguyen ’84 received her B.S degree in chemistry and took a position
with IBM in E. Fishkill, NY as a process development engineer in lithography. She
obtained an M.S. in materials science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1989 and
accepted a position with Applied Materials in San Jose, CA as a process engineer
working on plasma chemical vapor deposited thin films. She is now retired and lives
with her family in St. Louis, MO.
John Uptmor ’85 obtained his B.S. degree in chemistry and was part of the Army ROTC
program. He was with the US Army for 7 years, spending three years in Germany where
he obtained an M.S. degree in Business Management. He was assigned to the 101st
Airborne Air Assault and served in Desert Storm (Gulf War). He then worked for 5 years
in Nashville, TN with a company that specialized in environmental engineering
consulting. He joined BF Goodrich Chemical Company in 1996 and worked as the
Senior Environmental Engineer for four years in their Henry, IL plant. He accepted a
position as the Manager of Health, Safety, Environmental and Security at the BF
Goodrich plant in Avon Lake, Ohio, now Lubrizol Applied Materials, Inc., where he and
his family now reside. He remained in the Army Reserve after his full-time duty and is
presently a Lt. Colonel with the US Army 101st Airborne Division. He recently returned
from Afghanistan where he was Commander of the 802nd Engineer Detachment.
Urban (Sonny) Uptmor, Jr. ’73 received a B.S. degree in music and taught band in
Newman, IL for several years. He then became manager of the John Deere dealership in
Effingham, IL, and more recently became a surgical technician for cataract surgeries.
Judy (Uptmor) Miller attended EIU 1970-1972 as music major. She graduated from
Olney Central College with an Associate degree in Nursing. After ten years as an RN in
the Emergency Room at St. Anthony Hospital in Effingham, IL, she moved to
Charlottesville, VA where she has been a Level 3 Clinician in the Emergency Department
at the University of Virginia Medical Center since 1981.
Susan (Uptmor) Goldstein attended EIU for two years as a pre-Med Tech student and
graduated from the University of Chicago in 1978 as a Medical Technologist. After
several years at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, she attended Southern Illinois
University Dental School and received her DMD in 1988. She presently works part time
as a dentist in Champaign, IL.
The Uptmors are the children of Urban and Lucy (Hemmen) Uptmor. Congratulations to
remarkable family!